Links
Law and order:
'I asked to go to jail, rather than stay homeless' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42057173
Miscellaneous:
Girl's lost teddy flown 200 miles home to Orkney from Edinburgh - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-42094340
Life on London's first Aids ward - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41930950
Politics:
Reports of the death of German stability are greatly exaggerated - https://www.economist.com/kaffeeklatsch/2017/11/21/reports-of-the-death-of-german-stability-are-greatly-exaggerated From 2017, but most of it is still solid. I read enough German to always be *intrigued* by how the English-speaking press reports German politics.
Science:
Galapagos finches caught in act of becoming new species - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42103058
Why I injected myself with an untested gene therapy - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41990981 From 2017, I'd love a follow up. As a scientist, biohackers freak me out.
Sport:
Cricket:
Hashim Amla retires from international cricket - https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/hashim-amla-retires-from-international-cricket-1196991 From 2019
Football:
Victor Moses - the asylum-seeking orphan who conquered the Premier League - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42060348
Golf:
An inch shorter and 27 operations later, golfer Marc Cayeux's comeback continues - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/41996122 In injuries which make mine seem piddling.
Snooker:
NEIL ROBERTSON: '128-PLAYER EVENTS ARE LIKE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, YOU MUST CRAWL THROUGH CRAP' - https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/northern-ireland-open/2017-2018/neil-robertson-128-player-events-are-snooker-s-shawshank-redemption-you-must-crawl-through-crap_sto6418475/story.shtml Robertson, and several other of the good players, were excessive whingepots on this topic.
'I asked to go to jail, rather than stay homeless' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42057173
Miscellaneous:
Girl's lost teddy flown 200 miles home to Orkney from Edinburgh - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-42094340
Life on London's first Aids ward - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41930950
Politics:
Reports of the death of German stability are greatly exaggerated - https://www.economist.com/kaffeeklatsch/2017/11/21/reports-of-the-death-of-german-stability-are-greatly-exaggerated From 2017, but most of it is still solid. I read enough German to always be *intrigued* by how the English-speaking press reports German politics.
Science:
Galapagos finches caught in act of becoming new species - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42103058
Why I injected myself with an untested gene therapy - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41990981 From 2017, I'd love a follow up. As a scientist, biohackers freak me out.
Sport:
Cricket:
Hashim Amla retires from international cricket - https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/hashim-amla-retires-from-international-cricket-1196991 From 2019
Football:
Victor Moses - the asylum-seeking orphan who conquered the Premier League - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42060348
Golf:
An inch shorter and 27 operations later, golfer Marc Cayeux's comeback continues - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/41996122 In injuries which make mine seem piddling.
Snooker:
NEIL ROBERTSON: '128-PLAYER EVENTS ARE LIKE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, YOU MUST CRAWL THROUGH CRAP' - https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/northern-ireland-open/2017-2018/neil-robertson-128-player-events-are-snooker-s-shawshank-redemption-you-must-crawl-through-crap_sto6418475/story.shtml Robertson, and several other of the good players, were excessive whingepots on this topic.